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Bhavini Srivastava (Bar  and   Bench) 11 June 2026
The action of Enforcement Directorate (ED) against independent digital news media company NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha in relation to a foreign direct investment (FDI) case amounted to an abuse of power against free and impartial journalism, the Delhi High Court recently held...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 10 June 2026
The Madras High Court has acquitted a 90-year-old former Bank of Baroda Chief Manager in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) nearly three decades ago, holding that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt (VR Narayanan Vs...

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Bar  and   Bench 10 June 2026
The Hertfordshire Constabulary has provided security to family members of retired Bombay High Court Justice Gautam Patel in the United Kingdom after one of them was physically assaulted.    In a statement to Bar and Bench, the police confirmed that the assault as well as the threats issued...

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Hiranya Bhandarkar (Bar  and   Bench) 09 June 2026
A Patna court on Tuesday granted YouTuber and educator Faizal Khan, famously known as Khan Sir, interim protection from arrest in connection with a firing incident that happened outside his coaching institute (Khan Sir alias Faizal Khan v. State of Bihar).    Advocate Arvind Kumar Mavvar,...

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Bar  and   Bench 08 June 2026
The Bombay Bar Association (BBA) on Monday passed a resolution condemning a series of threats, intimidation and violent attacks targeting Bombay High Court’s retired judge Justice Gautam Patel and his family over the judge's 2024 verdict on the Dawoodi Bohra community's leadership.   In a...

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Bar  and   Bench 08 June 2026
Bombay High Court’s retired judge Justice GS Patel and his family have allegedly been subjected to a sustained campaign of threats and violence across India and the United Kingdom over the judge's 2024 verdict in the case on the Dawoodi Bohra community's leadership.    According to Hindustan...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 05 June 2026
Election petitions have to be decided by courts on time and failure to do so will defeat electoral democracy and could result in autocracy, the Madras High Court recently held (Appavu Vs Inbadurai).   Justice G Jayachandran made the observations while flagging a 6-year-delay by the Supreme...

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Bar  and   Bench 04 June 2026
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that media reporting of an order dictated in open court does not constitute contempt of court merely because the order has not yet been signed by the judge (Court on Its Own Motion v Jyoti Malhotra and Others).   A Division Bench of Justice...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 03 June 2026
The Supreme Court recently cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to three Maharashtra railway policemen accused of extorting money from a train passenger after finding a gold bar in his baggage (The State of Maharashtra v. Rahul Datta Bhosale & Ors.).    A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2026
At least 21 people were killed and more than 40 others rescued after a massive fire engulfed a hotel-cum-guest house building in Delhi's Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning, triggering a large-scale rescue operation involving fire services, police and disaster response...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2026
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved the ambitious Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Shetkari Karjamukti Yojana, a farm loan waiver package worth ₹36,585 crore that is expected to benefit around 5.6mn (million) (56 lakh) farmers across the state.   The scheme, one of the key promises made...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 June 2026
In a major administrative shake-up amid mounting controversy over the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) on-screen marking (OSM) system, the Union government on Tuesday transferred CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary-cum-chief administrative officer Himanshu Gupta and ordered a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 June 2026
The controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) on-screen marking (OSM) system escalated on Tuesday after Class 12 student Sarthak Sidhant appeared before a Parliamentary standing committee and presented his findings on alleged irregularities in the tendering...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 June 2026
When justice V Mohana took the oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 2 June 2026, it was more than a personal milestone. It was the culmination of nearly four decades of perseverance, hard work and faith in the legal profession.   Her elevation marked a rare moment in Indian...

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Siddesh MS (Bar  and   Bench) 01 June 2026
People are committing crimes casually and in a routine manner because offenders are not dealt with firmly enough under the law, the Karnataka High Court recently observed while refusing to grant bail to a 23-year-old rape accused (Gopi Reddy Karthik Reddy Vs State of Karnataka).   Justice R...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 June 2026
After remaining in denial mode for nearly a week, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has said that security vulnerabilities identified in the OnMark portal used for its digital evaluation process have been contained. The development comes as the Board continues to face mounting...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 May 2026
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday revised its forecast for the 2026 southwest monsoon season, predicting below-normal rainfall across the country along with above-normal temperatures and heatwave conditions in several states during June.   In its updated long-range forecast,...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 29 May 2026
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that a judgment must be ordinarily pronounced within three months of a case being reserved for a verdict by any High Court, with faster timelines in cases involving personal liberty (Pila Pahan@ Peela Pahan v. The State of Jharkhand).   This was one of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 May 2026
At least 13 people have died after allegedly consuming suspected toxic liquor in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad over the past 24 hours, prompting a major crackdown by police and excise authorities. Expressing serious concern over the deaths, Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis directed...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 29 May 2026
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the Asian Games 2026 selection trials scheduled to be held from May 30.   A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said that it will not interfere with the Delhi High Court direction allowing Phogat to take...

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